Learning from Everything
Martha Thorne, Dean of IE A&D, will share her thoughts on how individuals and institutions can face education in a rapidly-changing world
Our world is changing more rapidly than at any point in history. Technology, globalization, climate change are all phenomena that are accelerating. Next to that, we hear that the most marketable skills for acquiring a job in the future will be curiosity, problem-solving skills, creativity, and communication. Can these be taught? Faced with complexity and rapid change, how should we approach education? Clearly there are many dilemmas facing both individuals and institutions.
Martha Thorne will present an optimistic view of some of the many options that exist and that may be developed for the future.
Martha Thorne is Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design, one of five schools that comprise the innovative, private IE University in Madrid and Segovia, Spain. She is also executive director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, a position she has held since 2005. Her interests reside in the future of cities and the transformation of architecture and design education for the major challenges of the 21st century.
She is the author of several books related architecture of the 20th century and she has written numerous articles for architectural journals and encyclopedias. Engaged with the international community, she was a member of the jury for the international prize, ArcVision-Women, and Architecture Award, among many other international architecture competitions and she served on the board of the International Archive of Women in Architecture and the Graham Foundation, Chicago, USA.
Thorne holds a Master of City Planning from the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Affairs from the State University of New York at Buffalo. She undertook additional studies at the London School of Economics.
Our speakers
Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design and Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize
Since 2005, she has served as the Executive Director of the Pritzker Architecture Prize, popularly known as the “Nobel Prize for Architecture”. Her interests have always focused on international contemporary architecture, cities in evolution and changes in the role of the architect.
Prior to joining IE University she was Associate Curator of the Department of Architecture at The Art Institute of Chicago.
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